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<p>President Duque's Government has publicly committed to implementing the Peace Accords
of 2016 in their entirety. The UK will continue to support the Colombian peace process
and to emphasise the importance of pressing ahead with work to consolidate peace and
build stability. The UK remains concerned about the persistent level of violence towards
human rights defenders, social leaders and former combatants in Colombia, and regularly
presses the Colombian government to take further action to tackle this violence.</p><p>We
have consistently highlighted the need for an overarching public policy in Colombia
to prevent this violence from taking place. This has included regularly highlighting
the work of the National Commission on Security Guarantees, including most recently
at the UN Security Council on 14 July, and calling on the government and civil society
to make fuller use of it for this purpose. We will continue to work closely with the
Colombian Government and civil society on the peace process and related matters.</p>
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